Ok, thanks, that explains why it didn't work as I expected...
I don't really need any information I can't access through the PackageFacade, but I was actually checking the runtime return type of getPackage(), and wanted to loop until I encountered a Model, which would mean I was at the top level and could stop looping. I used instanceof for that, but obviously that didn't work as I got PackageFacades no matter what. It's not a serious problem in itself, as I could use metaObjects if I really wanted, but currently I'm checking on the presence of a stereotype, which also works in my case. Conceptually though, I must say I find the mapping a bit confusing: Unless I'm mistaken, org.omg.uml.UmlPackage is in fact a Proxy, used to create JMI objects from the UML metamodel. I.e. in fact it is the handle to the metamodel. As you point out, there's org.omg.uml.modelmanagement.Model and org.omg.uml.modelmanagement.UmlPackage in the metamodel, which are related via a generalization. Then in the metafacades, there's org.andromda.metafacades.uml14.PackageFacade and org.andromda.metafacades.uml14.ModelFacade. To me, it feels straightforward that these (being in the same package) are mapped to UmlPackage and Model. I have no problems with the fact that you might not see the need for a separate metafacade for Model, and that you want a metafacade for the org.omg.uml.UmlPackage proxy, but in that case, I'd prefer the latter to be named e.g. MetaModelFacade, in order to avoid confusion. Anyway, you might feel my proposal to be the confusing one of course, so no need to change anything in that case, but I thought I'd just share my view on this matter... Thanks, Hans -- If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it -- Immanuel Hermann Fichte _________________________________________________________ Reply to the post : http://galaxy.andromda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3238#3238 Posting to http://forum.andromda.org/ is preferred over posting to the mailing list! ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Andromda-user mailing list Andromda-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/andromda-user
